From Glasgow pub anonymity to Olympic silver: how Team GB curlers captured the nation’s attention It was a cold Thursday night in November in Glasgow’s Merchant City. Inside a cosy pub, four men in their early thirties squeezed around a small wooden table, nursing pints and talking quietly about...

There’s a quiet irony at the heart of Emily Harrop’s Olympic story. In another version of events — in another federation meeting room, perhaps — the Union Jack might have been rising for her in Milan-Cortina. Instead, when ski mountaineering makes its long-awaited Olympic debut, it will almo...

There are certain afternoons in athletics when the clock seems to take on a personality of its own. Saturday in Birmingham was one of those days. The arena hummed, spikes scratched against the Mondo surface, and when Keely Hodgkinson stopped the clock at 1:56.33 in the heats of the UK Athletics Indo...

The Winter Olympics are meant to be a celebration of sport at its purest — speed, precision, courage, and the quiet drama of athletes pushing themselves to the edge. Yet in Cortina this week, attention shifted from the icy track to a helmet, and from split times to symbolism. Ukrainian skeleton ra...

Lindsey Vonn has never been one to shy away from risk. Across two decades at the very top of alpine skiing, she built a career on pushing limits, racing through pain, and believing that the biggest rewards only come when you dare greatly. That mindset did not change at the Winter Olympics in Cortina...

Emotional Tribute on Ice Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych made a powerful statement during Winter Olympics training in Cortina, wearing a helmet adorned with images of people killed in the war in Ukraine. “Some of them were my friends,” Heraskevych told Reuters, referencing fello...

The New Year Honours list has always been a moment for reflection, celebration and a quiet sense of national pride. This year, sport sits firmly at its heart. From the frozen perfection of an Olympic ice rink to the roar of packed football stadiums, the latest honours recognise figures whose influen...

Powell and Lyles Helping Jamaica Hurricane Victims After Category-Five Disaster Two of the world’s most accomplished sprinters — Asafa Powell and Noah Lyles — are leading relief efforts in Jamaica following the devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa, which struck the island in October, killin...

Why Hospital CCTV Helps Clear Long Jumper of Doping as Wang Jianan Wins a Fight Beyond the Sandpit For most elite athletes, the toughest battles usually take place on the track, the runway, or the field. But for China’s world champion long jumper Wang Jianan, the biggest fight of his career happen...

O’Brien’s Historic 21st Breeders’ Cup Win Cements His Legacy In the golden California sunshine at Del Mar, Ireland’s Aidan O’Brien stood in familiar territory — the winner’s enclosure — but this one meant more than most. Gstaad’s electrifying victory in the Juvenile Turf didn’t j...